And now a panoramic view of the Land of Promise was presented to him. Every part of the country was spread out before him, not faint and uncertain in the dim distance, but standing out clear, distinct, and beautiful to his delighted vision. In this scene it was presented, not as it then appeared, but as it would become, with God's blessing upon it, in the possession of Israel. He seemed to be looking upon a second Eden. There were mountains clothed with cedars of Lebanon, hills gray with olives and fragrant with the odor of the vine, wide green plains bright with flowers and rich in fruitfulness, here the palm trees of the tropics, there waving fields of wheat and barley, sunny valleys musical with the ripple of brooks and the song of birds, goodly cities and fair gardens, lakes rich in "the abundance of the seas," grazing flocks upon the hillsides, and even amid the rocks the wild bee's hoarded treasures. It was indeed such a land as Moses, inspired by the Spirit of God, had described to Israel: "Blessed 475 of the Lord . . . for the precious things of heaven, for the dew, and for the deep that coucheth beneath, and for the precious fruits brought forth by the sun, . . . and for the chief things of the ancient mountains, . . . and for the precious things of the earth and fullness thereof."

Nu fik han lov at se det forjættede land som i et panorama. Hele landet lå udbredt foran ham. Det aftegnede sig ikke svagt og utydeligt i det fjerne, men til hans glæde trådte det klart og tydeligt frem for hans blik i al sin skønhed. Det blev ikke fremstillet for ham i sin daværende skikkelse, men som det ville komme til at se ud, når Israel havde taget det i besiddelse, og Gud havde udøst sin velsignelse over det. Det forekom ham som en tro kopi af Eden. Der fandtes bjerge, prydet med Libanons cedre, høje med oliventræer og duftende vinranker, udstrakte, grønne, frugtbare sletter med et rigt blomstertæppe, palmer, bølgende hvede og bygmarker, dale, som lå badet i sol og gav genlyd af kildernes klukken og fuglenes sang, herlige byer og skønne haver, søer, fulde af "havenes rigdom" og højdedrag med græssende hjorde. Selv mellem klipperne havde vilde bier ophobet deres skatte. Det var netop et sådant land, Moses under Guds Ånds inspiration havde beskrevet for Israel: "Velsignet af Herren med det kosteligste fra himmelen oventil og fra dybet, som ruger forneden, med det kosteligste, solen frembringer, med det bedste fra de ældgamle bjerge, med det kosteligste af Jorden og dens fylde."